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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
The second paragraph seems to be somewhat in conflict with the first one but in any event I’m just basing my statement on the facts that I have. We know that westjet was aware the employees had the right to strike and did nothing to prevent it as they did not reach out to the Union to re-engage in negotiations before the strike deadline. To me, that’s a pretty big red flag.
As for WestJet’s previous offer, my understanding based on the conversations I had today with some of the striking workers was that they are pretty close but the problem is that WestJet is offering them a raise in wages while cutting their employee share plan contributions in half which hugely negates the raise being offered and publicly boasted by the company. Seems like there could be a compromise that could be reached but when a company is basically saying we’ll give you a raise if we can recoup that money elsewhere from what we currently give you it’s not much of a raise is it? Two sides to every story obviously but that’s the information that I was given.
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I've done a complete 180, in general, on my views towards unions due to the increasing income disparity in the world. Sky-high executive pay versus compensation workers receive at the other end has me supportive of unions. I never would have thought I'd come around on that.